Paper ID #41495Decoding Determinants: An Intersectional Exploration of Students’ Decision-Makingfor Graduate Engineering EducationDr. Najme Kishani, University of Toronto Najme Kishani (najme.kishanifarahani@utoronto.ca) is a research associate at the University of Toronto to advance gender analysis and equity in engineering. Najme did her PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests involve the role of education in enhancing young people’sagency to transform social conflicts and build peace and democracy. In her careers in international development at
low rates of high school[25] students into an engineering rural communities in three study phases. completion, expenditures, and a program. from the SouthWest Virginia. lack of alternative career choices.regression analysis to explore variables concerning family income, cognition skills, GPA, anddegree achievement from their parents. They describe how other authors adapted the model toexplore decisions
challenges [2], and interdisciplinary students in particularmay benefit from guidance beyond what is provided by their primary research supervisor [7].Interdisciplinary graduate degree programs may serve their students well by offering exposure todiverse career and disciplinary research settings, and to provide structures that prompt students toinvestigate and reflect upon these options. For instance, an expanded mentorship group is oftenencouraged for graduate students, but is often presented as a selection of faculty members withintheir degree program and institution [3]. However, students entering highly interdisciplinarygraduate programs may need additional mentors outside of their home degree program, as wellas support that helps them integrate
they capture ourrealities as faculty members. Finally, three of us live the similar experiences of beinginternational faculty. We all have an insider’s insight to all of our struggles. Hence, a sense ofsolidarity and mutual respect addresses the last component relational ethics in terms of thisresearch [18].5. Co-Authors' Narratives and ExperiencesGiven the diverse backgrounds of faculty, we have outlined different perspectives and experiencesof each faculty including a personal narrative focusing on specific challenges and experiences inU.S. academia. Exploration of cultural and linguistic assets and their role in the U.S. educationalcontext, followed by a discussion on transition challenges from different career stages in academia. A. Dr
groups. This observation is consistent with national trends showing underrepresentation ofLatina/o populations in STEM disciplines.[1], [2] With this motivating background, a study hasbeen undertaken to explore the social, cultural, educational, and institutional factors affectingmatriculation of undergraduate Latina engineering students into graduate engineering programsand/or industry careers. A research team was formed with four members (co-authors of thispaper) from diverse backgrounds but a common commitment toward an asset-based approachthat avoids marginalizing individuals in the research design process and by selecting respectivemethods.[3] Results of these team discussions and decisions sought balance between variousphilosophical
, in Arizona. Before joining CMU, Dr. Ozis was a faculty member at Northern Arizona University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preparing the Next Generation of Engineers for Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty: Exploring the Pedagogical Role of the Decisions for the Decade GameAbstractThis analysis aimed to explore the role of a serious game called Decisions for the Decade (D4tD)in teaching students about climate change adaptation and decision making under deepuncertainty within the context of this university’s civil and environmental engineering courses.The game, developed by the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center and the World Bank, wasdesigned to
Future STEM Leaders: An Innovative Career Readiness Program for STEM Graduate StudentsAbstractFuture STEM Leaders: An Innovative Career Readiness Program for STEM Graduate Studentsprepares future leaders of the STEM workforce through a cross-departmental initiative todevelop student transferable skills, activate mentor networks, and instill confidence in theirability to attain their career goals. The program encourages traditionally underrepresentedstudents in STEM (including but not limited to women, minorities, and persons with disabilities)to participate and draws from a unique and broad set of partners at the university, includingfaculty in the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, the central Career Center’s careerdevelopment and
survey invitation through their onlinenewsletter or social media channels). We also recruited with support from the Faculty of AppliedScience and Engineering’s alumni office at the University of Toronto, Engineering DeansCanada, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), and National Society of Black Engineers(NSBE) Canada, as well as through our institute’s own social media. The survey remained openfor approximately one month. The only two participant inclusion criteria were: 1) respondentmust be an engineering degree graduate, and 2) respondent must have completed anundergraduate engineering degree prior to 2013, as we were interested in graduates with at least10 years of work experience with which to explore their career path trajectory. Given
) explores her experience as an internationalstudent from India teaching in the United States, while Anyerson (Second Author) examines histeaching experience in his home country of Colombia. Our review of the literature on theexperiences of international graduate students found that prior work has primarily focused onunderstanding their sense of belonging and acclimation to higher education settings in the UnitedStates. And yet, their teaching motivation and identity as international graduate students havebeen underexplored. Expanding on existing work that examines intrinsic factors of motivation(autonomy, competence, and relatedness) for graduate teaching assistants in engineering, weanalyzed written reflections and discussions about our personal
of future engineering faculty and developing a more diverse, equitable and inclusive Purdue Engineering.Dr. Janet M Beagle Dr. Janet Beagle is the Director of Graduate Programs for Purdue Universityˆa C™s College of Engineering. Formerly the Director of Graduate Admissions over five campuses and more than 100 graduate programs, she has worked with graduate recruitment and admis ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Evaluation of current graduate student preparation after completing the GradTrack Scholars Virtual Mentoring Program as an undergraduate student Lexy C. Arinze, Jackie E. McDermott, Janet M. BeagleAbstractMentorship
State University. He completed his B.S. and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his PhD is in Engineering Education, also from Virginia Tech. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring Perceived Efficacy and Support of Faculty Mentors of Undergraduate Students in Engineering AbstractThis full research paper explores the role of faculty mentors in supporting student mentees.Faculty mentors of undergraduate students have the ability to make an academic, professional,and/or personal impact on their students. For example, mentors may provide assistance withcourse planning, share career goal
Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including
provide a scholarship for tuition and fees, but the students found additional usesfor the funds by freeing up resources and time in other areas. These ideas are salient in thisdiscussion because, while students had a scholarship, it meant they were no longer jugglingmultiple responsibilities; rather, they were able to reduce the hours they needed to work to findfinancial stability.The study further explores how pre-transfer programs influence students at various stages oftheir journey. The flexibility of such programs and their influence on students' career decisions ishighlighted. Some students faced challenges like personal life events and the impact of thepandemic. The cost of education and minimizing student debt are significant concerns
, Engineering Professions, Quantitative Analysis, Cluster Analysis,Graduate Education, Career Paths1 IntroductionOne often neglected aspect of engineering education is career education. Along with theaccumulation of disciplinary knowledge and skills, students also develop an identity as anengineer [34]—a sense of “who I want to become” and “what I want to do”. Career choice isarguably one of the most important decisions students make as they navigate through theirengineering education. However, senior engineering students are often found unsure about orstruggling with career decisions [34]-[36]. Moreover, while engineering schools endeavor todiversify their educational offerings to meet students’ needs of pursuing various careertrajectories
different groups (such as race or gender) and the resulting psychological re-sponses. ICT identifies key conditions that enable positive contact between members of differentraces and genders in a group. For this exploratory analysis, we included all participants in the larger study who identifiedas African American and female; all were full-time undergraduate students enrolled in an engi-neering course with a team project. The nine participants represent a range of years in school andengineering majors. Data collection followed a three-interview sequence and included questionsabout participants’ background, their team project, and their reflections on the teaming experi-ence, respectively. In this paper, we present our initial exploration of
reliability, risk assessment, systems modeling, and probabilistic methods with social science approaches. She is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a 2023-2024 Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. She is a member of the NIST Center of Excellence for Community Resilience and collaborates with engineers, economists, social scientists, and planners on the development of tools to support community resilience decision-making. She has been recognized for her research at multiple international conferences with a Student Best Paper Award at ICOSSAR 2021/2022 and CERRA Student Recognition Award at ICASP 2023.Prof. Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Eun Jeong Cha is an associate professor in the
in engineering, competency development, and understanding the experiences of traditionally marginalized engineering students (e.g., Latinx, international students, Indigenous students) from an asset-based perspective. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that traditionally marginalized students bring into the field and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tools to promote effective and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching
. doi:10.1016/0030-5073(84)90001-1Lent, R. W., Singley, D., Sheu, H.-B., Gainor, K. A., Brenner, B. R., Treistman, D., & Ades, L.(2005). Social Cognitive Predictors of Domain and Life Satisfaction: Exploring the TheoreticalPrecursors of Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(3), 429-442. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.52.3.429Miner, K. N., January, S. C., Dray, K. K., & Carter-Sowell, A. R. (2019). Is it always this cold?Chilly interpersonal climates as a barrier to the well-being of early-career women faculty inSTEM. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 38(2), 226-245.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (2017). Women, Minorities, and Personswith Disabilities in Science and
and establishing their careersas well, it is a valuable timeframe to investigate [1] [2] [3]. During this period, we can betterunderstand how engineering students’ personal and social identities, which are their conceptionsof themselves as individuals and group members, engineering identities, which is theirconceptions of themselves as engineers, and ethical identities, which is their conception ofthemselves as people who identify with their professional ethics, develop. Reviewing these threeidentity types is valuable in identifying both their pre-established impacts on career choice andaspirations as well as the remaining gaps in literature that need to be filled such as the connectionbetween moral behavior and vocational choice [3] [4] [5
, constructing one’s sense of self throughconstant development and self-reflection [5]. It includes the traits and characteristics, socialrelations, roles, and social group memberships that define who a person is within a particularsetting. Engineering identity, especially for students, reflects their acceptance of and recognitionas part of the engineering field, influencing their decision to enter and persist in the field [6].When students possess a strong engineering identity, they tend to perceive themselves as futureengineers, fostering their commitment to their pursuit of an engineering career [7]. This identitycontinues to impact their learning, serving as a guiding force throughout their studies [8]. Morelock synthesized the disperse
fSession XXXX] Brillantes: Exploring Students Changing Perceptions of Mathematics and Engineering through an Integrated Engineering Design and Algebraic Program for Students in Honduras Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD. Engineering Education Graduate Programs Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) M. Alejandra Sorto, PhD. Mathematics Department
into practice. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 WIP -Exploring and Expanding Support for International Students in Engineering: Faculty Reflections Beyond Academic BoundariesAbstractExpanding on our previous work [1], this research delves into self-reflection among engineeringfaculty members who were international students. Our primary objective is to extend learningfrom using an autoethnographic lens to understand the experiences of faculty members who wereonce international students themselves, towards the development of a research study tounderstand how (if at all) faculty members in the United States address the unique needs of theinternational student community.The Challenge and
2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Exploring High DFW Rates in an Engineering Statics Course: Insights from Faculty and Teaching Assistants. Ibukunoluwa Eunice Salami1, Segun Samuel Oladipo2, Dr. Logan Perry31: Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska- Lincoln 2: Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractEngineering statics is a branch of engineering mechanics that focuses on the effects of forceson
onDeveloping a Personal Brand, Creating Healthy Boundaries, Promotion and Tenure Process, aDeans Panel, and an Agency Panel. Open to all with free participation and registration, thisinitiative aims to make a significant impact on representation of Hispanic faculty. By offeringvaluable insights and resources, the conference seeks to empower early career faculty membersand enhance their professional journey. The provision of free participation not only breaks downfinancial barriers but also contributes to fostering a more inclusive academic community.Importantly, this initiative recognizes the profound influence of diverse faculty onHispanic/Latinx students, offering them positive role models and mentors. By strengthening thefaculty body's diversity
. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His lab’s design-based research focuses on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better reflect and prepare students for the reality of ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering practice. Their current projects include studying and designing classroom interventions around macroethical issues in aerospace engineering and the productive beginnings of engineering judgment as students create and use mathematical models. Aaron holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Paper ID #42477Bridging the Gap: Exploring Real-Life Experiences of Engineering Facultyin Implementing EBIPsStephanie Adams, Oregon State University Stephanie Adams is currently enrolled as a doctoral student at Oregon State University, where she is working towards her PhD in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education. Her current research focuses on the adoption of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) among engineering faculty members. Additionally, she is investigating the identity development of engineering students in capstone courses.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University
computational power is greatly expanding its impactand influence in leadership, i.e., data, and computation on it, is used to enhance the practice ofleadership. These developments have wide-ranging impacts for organization and will force us toaddress thorny ethical challenges.This work will address a small slice of the overall picture, i.e., an initial exploration in the Fall 2023semester of student and industry perceptions about specific ethical questions on Gen AI’s impact oncareers and the workplace. The intent is to help students in our undergraduate Engineering Leadershipclass at Texas A&M University to be resilient in their own careers and to navigate the ethical watersof Gen AI in decision making in their workplaces.We use a flipped
were finishing uptheir projects. Computing projects tended to be easier to work in a remote environment, butother projects requiring hardware proved challenging to complete. Most importantly, the reviewand critique of projects was significantly more difficult.Overview of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Relationships with IACSThe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) has prided itself on maintaining closerelationships with its Industrial Advisory Committees. As with many schools, the advisoryboards consist of program alumni, employers of graduates, local business leaders, faculty, andselected student representatives. Historically, attendance and engagement has been very strong,with most members reliably attending the meetings. While the
, enhancing teaching effectiveness5-7, using specific research methods ormethodologies8,9, writing National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposals10, andnavigating the tenure and promotion process11. This paper follows these prior examples bypresenting advice for future or new faculty, especially those considering a tenure-trackappointment at an institution where they will be evaluated based on their research.This paper shares the authors’ collective experiential wisdom for what we consider to be some ofthe hidden curriculum of establishing a research presence as a pre-tenure faculty member. In sodoing, we extend the concept that students are tacitly informed about what is valuable in a givencontext10,11 to future and early career faculty. Despite
members to navigate the complexities of academia confidently, fostering personal andprofessional growth while enhancing the educational and research experiences of their students andcolleagues.1 IntroductionThe transition into academia as a new faculty member marks the beginning of a challenging yetrewarding journey[1]. For many individuals, this period represents a significant shift from therole of a student or postdoctoral researcher to that of an educator, scholar, and contributor tothe academic community. As new faculty members navigate the complexities of their roles, theyencounter various responsibilities and expectations, ranging from teaching and research to serviceand mentorship. Effectively managing these demands while striving for